Section 53: Whipping

The Prison Act, 1894Union territory Act of Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Act 9 of 1894

(1) No punishment of whipping shall be inflicted in instalments, or except in the presence of the Superintendent and Medical Officer or Medical Subordinate.

(2) Whipping shall be inflicted with a light ratan not less than half an inch in diameter on the buttocks, and in case of prisoners under the age of sixteen it shall be inflicted, in the way of school discipline, with a lighter ratan.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Prison Act, 1894
Section	53
Marginal note	Whipping
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Status	In force as published by the source

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